How to Use long shot in a Sentence

long shot

noun

• The horse was a long shot, but we bet on him anyway.
• She always bets on long shots at the racetrack.
• I hope to double my profits, but I know that's a long shot.
• Finding two against the United States in the cold was beyond a long shot.
  — New York Times, 27 Jan. 2022
• But in the last decade, and with the league’s current lineup, a multi-bid season was viewed as a long shot.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2022
• There's a brief long shot of the Joker dangling from his helicopter.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2022
• Yet as the teams’ game wound down and the craziness amped up, all of the long shot possibilities were in play.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022
• The Tide rushed for 301 yards against the Bearcats, their best of the season by a long shot.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 9 Jan. 2022
• But many think commercially viable fusion remains a very long shot.
  — Rochelle Toplensky, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
• Either way, Harden landing on the Sixers this summer is a long shot.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2022
• The rumors have swirled even though Williams choosing Wisconsin seems like a long shot on the surface.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2022
• But the Ravens won just one playoff game last year and now, amid a five-game losing streak, are a long shot to advance to the postseason this year.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 6 Jan. 2022
• But the Tesla and SpaceX executive didn’t get the most reader votes — not by a long shot.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021
• Her campaign was a long shot, late in starting, skimpily funded and repeatedly overhauled.
  — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
• Thousands die every year before getting an organ and thousands more never even get added to the list, considered too much of a long shot.
  — Lauran Neergaard, ajc, 20 Jan. 2022
• And the last one, a black-and-white long shot (see here), actually contains some subtle tributes to Princess Diana.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2022
• Flashback: Olympian Cole Hocker was a long shot from Indianapolis too.
  — Justin L. MacK, Axios, 9 Aug. 2024
• She’s expected to put up a competitive race against Luna but is still a long shot to prevail in the Republican-leaning district.
  — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
• Pulling off a trade for a play of Mitchell’s caliber and salary was always considered a long shot anyway, with the Heat’s salary-cap situation making that challenging.
  — Barry Jackson and, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024
• Though a long shot in the current political environment, a well-functioning Congress just might be the best antidote for the Court’s woes.
  — Michael Bobelian, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Savvy political insiders and seasoned oddsmakers once called Trump a long shot to retake the GOP nod.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
• For the Reds, his signing now seems a long shot, though.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• Still a long shot, but UConn has put in a bid, just in case.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2022
• West Saratoga and Grand Mo the First are the long shots, each with 50-1 odds.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 May 2024
• That may be something that would be a long shot, but (the league) is just good.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 28 Jan. 2024
• The Sun Devils are a very big long shot to go that course, at +9900.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• Most of the time, 30 yards would be considered a long shot.
  — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 22 May 2024
• Four plays later, McClain did it again to give the Knights at least a long shot for the win.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
• His venture is still a long shot, but then, so was Amazon when the web was the wave to ride.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Yet the effort to set aside the conviction might be a long shot.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 July 2024

Last Updated: 24 Sep 2024